These changes are the raw update to linux-4.4.6-rt14. Kernel sources
[kvmfornfv.git] / kernel / scripts / checkpatch.pl
index c5ec977..2b3c228 100755 (executable)
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ use strict;
 use POSIX;
 use File::Basename;
 use Cwd 'abs_path';
+use Term::ANSIColor qw(:constants);
 
 my $P = $0;
 my $D = dirname(abs_path($P));
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ my $chk_patch = 1;
 my $tst_only;
 my $emacs = 0;
 my $terse = 0;
+my $showfile = 0;
 my $file = 0;
 my $check = 0;
 my $check_orig = 0;
@@ -48,7 +50,8 @@ my $minimum_perl_version = 5.10.0;
 my $min_conf_desc_length = 4;
 my $spelling_file = "$D/spelling.txt";
 my $codespell = 0;
-my $codespellfile = "/usr/local/share/codespell/dictionary.txt";
+my $codespellfile = "/usr/share/codespell/dictionary.txt";
+my $color = 1;
 
 sub help {
        my ($exitcode) = @_;
@@ -64,6 +67,7 @@ Options:
   --patch                    treat FILE as patchfile (default)
   --emacs                    emacs compile window format
   --terse                    one line per report
+  --showfile                 emit diffed file position, not input file position
   -f, --file                 treat FILE as regular source file
   --subjective, --strict     enable more subjective tests
   --types TYPE(,TYPE2...)    show only these comma separated message types
@@ -91,8 +95,9 @@ Options:
   --ignore-perl-version      override checking of perl version.  expect
                              runtime errors.
   --codespell                Use the codespell dictionary for spelling/typos
-                             (default:/usr/local/share/codespell/dictionary.txt)
+                             (default:/usr/share/codespell/dictionary.txt)
   --codespellfile            Use this codespell dictionary
+  --color                    Use colors when output is STDOUT (default: on)
   -h, --help, --version      display this help and exit
 
 When FILE is - read standard input.
@@ -134,6 +139,7 @@ GetOptions(
        'patch!'        => \$chk_patch,
        'emacs!'        => \$emacs,
        'terse!'        => \$terse,
+       'showfile!'     => \$showfile,
        'f|file!'       => \$file,
        'subjective!'   => \$check,
        'strict!'       => \$check,
@@ -153,6 +159,7 @@ GetOptions(
        'test-only=s'   => \$tst_only,
        'codespell!'    => \$codespell,
        'codespellfile=s'       => \$codespellfile,
+       'color!'        => \$color,
        'h|help'        => \$help,
        'version'       => \$help
 ) or help(1);
@@ -196,12 +203,12 @@ sub hash_save_array_words {
 sub hash_show_words {
        my ($hashRef, $prefix) = @_;
 
-       if ($quiet == 0 && keys %$hashRef) {
-               print "NOTE: $prefix message types:";
+       if (keys %$hashRef) {
+               print "\nNOTE: $prefix message types:";
                foreach my $word (sort keys %$hashRef) {
                        print " $word";
                }
-               print "\n\n";
+               print "\n";
        }
 }
 
@@ -257,6 +264,7 @@ our $Sparse = qr{
                        __kernel|
                        __force|
                        __iomem|
+                       __pmem|
                        __must_check|
                        __init_refok|
                        __kprobes|
@@ -347,15 +355,22 @@ our $UTF8 = qr{
        | $NON_ASCII_UTF8
 }x;
 
+our $typeC99Typedefs = qr{(?:__)?(?:[us]_?)?int_?(?:8|16|32|64)_t};
 our $typeOtherOSTypedefs = qr{(?x:
        u_(?:char|short|int|long) |          # bsd
        u(?:nchar|short|int|long)            # sysv
 )};
-
-our $typeTypedefs = qr{(?x:
+our $typeKernelTypedefs = qr{(?x:
        (?:__)?(?:u|s|be|le)(?:8|16|32|64)|
        atomic_t
 )};
+our $typeTypedefs = qr{(?x:
+       $typeC99Typedefs\b|
+       $typeOtherOSTypedefs\b|
+       $typeKernelTypedefs\b
+)};
+
+our $zero_initializer = qr{(?:(?:0[xX])?0+$Int_type?|NULL|false)\b};
 
 our $logFunctions = qr{(?x:
        printk(?:_ratelimited|_once|)|
@@ -418,6 +433,7 @@ our @typeList = (
        qr{${Ident}_handler_fn},
        @typeListMisordered,
 );
+our @typeListFile = ();
 our @typeListWithAttr = (
        @typeList,
        qr{struct\s+$InitAttribute\s+$Ident},
@@ -427,6 +443,7 @@ our @typeListWithAttr = (
 our @modifierList = (
        qr{fastcall},
 );
+our @modifierListFile = ();
 
 our @mode_permission_funcs = (
        ["module_param", 3],
@@ -510,13 +527,12 @@ if ($codespell) {
 $misspellings = join("|", sort keys %spelling_fix) if keys %spelling_fix;
 
 sub build_types {
-       my $mods = "(?x:  \n" . join("|\n  ", @modifierList) . "\n)";
-       my $all = "(?x:  \n" . join("|\n  ", @typeList) . "\n)";
+       my $mods = "(?x:  \n" . join("|\n  ", (@modifierList, @modifierListFile)) . "\n)";
+       my $all = "(?x:  \n" . join("|\n  ", (@typeList, @typeListFile)) . "\n)";
        my $Misordered = "(?x:  \n" . join("|\n  ", @typeListMisordered) . "\n)";
        my $allWithAttr = "(?x:  \n" . join("|\n  ", @typeListWithAttr) . "\n)";
        $Modifier       = qr{(?:$Attribute|$Sparse|$mods)};
        $BasicType      = qr{
-                               (?:$typeOtherOSTypedefs\b)|
                                (?:$typeTypedefs\b)|
                                (?:${all}\b)
                }x;
@@ -524,7 +540,6 @@ sub build_types {
                        (?:$Modifier\s+|const\s+)*
                        (?:
                                (?:typeof|__typeof__)\s*\([^\)]*\)|
-                               (?:$typeOtherOSTypedefs\b)|
                                (?:$typeTypedefs\b)|
                                (?:${all}\b)
                        )
@@ -542,7 +557,6 @@ sub build_types {
                        (?:
                                (?:typeof|__typeof__)\s*\([^\)]*\)|
                                (?:$typeTypedefs\b)|
-                               (?:$typeOtherOSTypedefs\b)|
                                (?:${allWithAttr}\b)
                        )
                        (?:\s+$Modifier|\s+const)*
@@ -573,7 +587,7 @@ our $LvalOrFunc     = qr{((?:[\&\*]\s*)?$Lval)\s*($balanced_parens{0,1})\s*};
 our $FuncArg = qr{$Typecast{0,1}($LvalOrFunc|$Constant|$String)};
 
 our $declaration_macros = qr{(?x:
-       (?:$Storage\s+)?(?:[A-Z_][A-Z0-9]*_){0,2}(?:DEFINE|DECLARE)(?:_[A-Z0-9]+){1,2}\s*\(|
+       (?:$Storage\s+)?(?:[A-Z_][A-Z0-9]*_){0,2}(?:DEFINE|DECLARE)(?:_[A-Z0-9]+){1,6}\s*\(|
        (?:$Storage\s+)?LIST_HEAD\s*\(|
        (?:$Storage\s+)?${Type}\s+uninitialized_var\s*\(
 )};
@@ -737,6 +751,13 @@ for my $filename (@ARGV) {
                push(@rawlines, $_);
        }
        close($FILE);
+
+       if ($#ARGV > 0 && $quiet == 0) {
+               print '-' x length($vname) . "\n";
+               print "$vname\n";
+               print '-' x length($vname) . "\n";
+       }
+
        if (!process($filename)) {
                $exit = 1;
        }
@@ -746,6 +767,29 @@ for my $filename (@ARGV) {
        @fixed_inserted = ();
        @fixed_deleted = ();
        $fixlinenr = -1;
+       @modifierListFile = ();
+       @typeListFile = ();
+       build_types();
+}
+
+if (!$quiet) {
+       hash_show_words(\%use_type, "Used");
+       hash_show_words(\%ignore_type, "Ignored");
+
+       if ($^V lt 5.10.0) {
+               print << "EOM"
+
+NOTE: perl $^V is not modern enough to detect all possible issues.
+      An upgrade to at least perl v5.10.0 is suggested.
+EOM
+       }
+       if ($exit) {
+               print << "EOM"
+
+NOTE: If any of the errors are false positives, please report
+      them to the maintainer, see CHECKPATCH in MAINTAINERS.
+EOM
+       }
 }
 
 exit($exit);
@@ -1001,7 +1045,7 @@ sub sanitise_line {
 sub get_quoted_string {
        my ($line, $rawline) = @_;
 
-       return "" if ($line !~ m/(\"[X\t]+\")/g);
+       return "" if ($line !~ m/($String)/g);
        return substr($rawline, $-[0], $+[0] - $-[0]);
 }
 
@@ -1610,13 +1654,13 @@ sub possible {
                        for my $modifier (split(' ', $possible)) {
                                if ($modifier !~ $notPermitted) {
                                        warn "MODIFIER: $modifier ($possible) ($line)\n" if ($dbg_possible);
-                                       push(@modifierList, $modifier);
+                                       push(@modifierListFile, $modifier);
                                }
                        }
 
                } else {
                        warn "POSSIBLE: $possible ($line)\n" if ($dbg_possible);
-                       push(@typeList, $possible);
+                       push(@typeListFile, $possible);
                }
                build_types();
        } else {
@@ -1641,15 +1685,32 @@ sub report {
            (defined $tst_only && $msg !~ /\Q$tst_only\E/)) {
                return 0;
        }
-       my $line;
+       my $output = '';
+       if (-t STDOUT && $color) {
+               if ($level eq 'ERROR') {
+                       $output .= RED;
+               } elsif ($level eq 'WARNING') {
+                       $output .= YELLOW;
+               } else {
+                       $output .= GREEN;
+               }
+       }
+       $output .= $prefix . $level . ':';
        if ($show_types) {
-               $line = "$prefix$level:$type: $msg\n";
-       } else {
-               $line = "$prefix$level: $msg\n";
+               $output .= BLUE if (-t STDOUT && $color);
+               $output .= "$type:";
+       }
+       $output .= RESET if (-t STDOUT && $color);
+       $output .= ' ' . $msg . "\n";
+
+       if ($showfile) {
+               my @lines = split("\n", $output, -1);
+               splice(@lines, 1, 1);
+               $output = join("\n", @lines);
        }
-       $line = (split('\n', $line))[0] . "\n" if ($terse);
+       $output = (split('\n', $output))[0] . "\n" if ($terse);
 
-       push(our @report, $line);
+       push(our @report, $output);
 
        return 1;
 }
@@ -1895,10 +1956,11 @@ sub process {
        our $clean = 1;
        my $signoff = 0;
        my $is_patch = 0;
-
        my $in_header_lines = $file ? 0 : 1;
        my $in_commit_log = 0;          #Scanning lines before patch
+       my $commit_log_possible_stack_dump = 0;
        my $commit_log_long_line = 0;
+       my $commit_log_has_diff = 0;
        my $reported_maintainer_file = 0;
        my $non_utf8_charset = 0;
 
@@ -2032,7 +2094,8 @@ sub process {
                my $rawline = $rawlines[$linenr - 1];
 
 #extract the line range in the file after the patch is applied
-               if ($line=~/^\@\@ -\d+(?:,\d+)? \+(\d+)(,(\d+))? \@\@/) {
+               if (!$in_commit_log &&
+                   $line =~ /^\@\@ -\d+(?:,\d+)? \+(\d+)(,(\d+))? \@\@/) {
                        $is_patch = 1;
                        $first_line = $linenr + 1;
                        $realline=$1-1;
@@ -2073,10 +2136,6 @@ sub process {
 
                my $hunk_line = ($realcnt != 0);
 
-#make up the handle for any error we report on this line
-               $prefix = "$filename:$realline: " if ($emacs && $file);
-               $prefix = "$filename:$linenr: " if ($emacs && !$file);
-
                $here = "#$linenr: " if (!$file);
                $here = "#$realline: " if ($file);
 
@@ -2106,8 +2165,19 @@ sub process {
                        $found_file = 1;
                }
 
+#make up the handle for any error we report on this line
+               if ($showfile) {
+                       $prefix = "$realfile:$realline: "
+               } elsif ($emacs) {
+                       if ($file) {
+                               $prefix = "$filename:$realline: ";
+                       } else {
+                               $prefix = "$filename:$linenr: ";
+                       }
+               }
+
                if ($found_file) {
-                       if ($realfile =~ m@^(drivers/net/|net/)@) {
+                       if ($realfile =~ m@^(?:drivers/net/|net/|drivers/staging/)@) {
                                $check = 1;
                        } else {
                                $check = $check_orig;
@@ -2123,6 +2193,17 @@ sub process {
 
                $cnt_lines++ if ($realcnt != 0);
 
+# Check if the commit log has what seems like a diff which can confuse patch
+               if ($in_commit_log && !$commit_log_has_diff &&
+                   (($line =~ m@^\s+diff\b.*a/[\w/]+@ &&
+                     $line =~ m@^\s+diff\b.*a/([\w/]+)\s+b/$1\b@) ||
+                    $line =~ m@^\s*(?:\-\-\-\s+a/|\+\+\+\s+b/)@ ||
+                    $line =~ m/^\s*\@\@ \-\d+,\d+ \+\d+,\d+ \@\@/)) {
+                       ERROR("DIFF_IN_COMMIT_MSG",
+                             "Avoid using diff content in the commit message - patch(1) might not work\n" . $herecurr);
+                       $commit_log_has_diff = 1;
+               }
+
 # Check for incorrect file permissions
                if ($line =~ /^new (file )?mode.*[7531]\d{0,2}$/) {
                        my $permhere = $here . "FILE: $realfile\n";
@@ -2234,18 +2315,45 @@ sub process {
                              "Remove Gerrit Change-Id's before submitting upstream.\n" . $herecurr);
                }
 
+# Check if the commit log is in a possible stack dump
+               if ($in_commit_log && !$commit_log_possible_stack_dump &&
+                   ($line =~ /^\s*(?:WARNING:|BUG:)/ ||
+                    $line =~ /^\s*\[\s*\d+\.\d{6,6}\s*\]/ ||
+                                       # timestamp
+                    $line =~ /^\s*\[\<[0-9a-fA-F]{8,}\>\]/)) {
+                                       # stack dump address
+                       $commit_log_possible_stack_dump = 1;
+               }
+
 # Check for line lengths > 75 in commit log, warn once
                if ($in_commit_log && !$commit_log_long_line &&
-                   length($line) > 75) {
+                   length($line) > 75 &&
+                   !($line =~ /^\s*[a-zA-Z0-9_\/\.]+\s+\|\s+\d+/ ||
+                                       # file delta changes
+                     $line =~ /^\s*(?:[\w\.\-]+\/)++[\w\.\-]+:/ ||
+                                       # filename then :
+                     $line =~ /^\s*(?:Fixes:|Link:)/i ||
+                                       # A Fixes: or Link: line
+                     $commit_log_possible_stack_dump)) {
                        WARN("COMMIT_LOG_LONG_LINE",
                             "Possible unwrapped commit description (prefer a maximum 75 chars per line)\n" . $herecurr);
                        $commit_log_long_line = 1;
                }
 
+# Reset possible stack dump if a blank line is found
+               if ($in_commit_log && $commit_log_possible_stack_dump &&
+                   $line =~ /^\s*$/) {
+                       $commit_log_possible_stack_dump = 0;
+               }
+
 # Check for git id commit length and improperly formed commit descriptions
-               if ($in_commit_log && $line =~ /\b(c)ommit\s+([0-9a-f]{5,})/i) {
-                       my $init_char = $1;
-                       my $orig_commit = lc($2);
+               if ($in_commit_log && !$commit_log_possible_stack_dump &&
+                   ($line =~ /\bcommit\s+[0-9a-f]{5,}\b/i ||
+                    ($line =~ /\b[0-9a-f]{12,40}\b/i &&
+                     $line !~ /[\<\[][0-9a-f]{12,40}[\>\]]/i &&
+                     $line !~ /\bfixes:\s*[0-9a-f]{12,40}/i))) {
+                       my $init_char = "c";
+                       my $orig_commit = "";
                        my $short = 1;
                        my $long = 0;
                        my $case = 1;
@@ -2256,6 +2364,13 @@ sub process {
                        my $orig_desc = "commit description";
                        my $description = "";
 
+                       if ($line =~ /\b(c)ommit\s+([0-9a-f]{5,})\b/i) {
+                               $init_char = $1;
+                               $orig_commit = lc($2);
+                       } elsif ($line =~ /\b([0-9a-f]{12,40})\b/i) {
+                               $orig_commit = lc($1);
+                       }
+
                        $short = 0 if ($line =~ /\bcommit\s+[0-9a-f]{12,40}/i);
                        $long = 1 if ($line =~ /\bcommit\s+[0-9a-f]{41,}/i);
                        $space = 0 if ($line =~ /\bcommit [0-9a-f]/i);
@@ -2510,16 +2625,56 @@ sub process {
 # check we are in a valid source file if not then ignore this hunk
                next if ($realfile !~ /\.(h|c|s|S|pl|sh|dtsi|dts)$/);
 
-#line length limit
-               if ($line =~ /^\+/ && $prevrawline !~ /\/\*\*/ &&
-                   $rawline !~ /^.\s*\*\s*\@$Ident\s/ &&
-                   !($line =~ /^\+\s*$logFunctions\s*\(\s*(?:(KERN_\S+\s*|[^"]*))?$String\s*(?:|,|\)\s*;)\s*$/ ||
-                     $line =~ /^\+\s*$String\s*(?:\s*|,|\)\s*;)\s*$/ ||
-                     $line =~ /^\+\s*#\s*define\s+\w+\s+$String$/) &&
-                   $length > $max_line_length)
-               {
-                       WARN("LONG_LINE",
-                            "line over $max_line_length characters\n" . $herecurr);
+# line length limit (with some exclusions)
+#
+# There are a few types of lines that may extend beyond $max_line_length:
+#      logging functions like pr_info that end in a string
+#      lines with a single string
+#      #defines that are a single string
+#
+# There are 3 different line length message types:
+# LONG_LINE_COMMENT    a comment starts before but extends beyond $max_linelength
+# LONG_LINE_STRING     a string starts before but extends beyond $max_line_length
+# LONG_LINE            all other lines longer than $max_line_length
+#
+# if LONG_LINE is ignored, the other 2 types are also ignored
+#
+
+               if ($line =~ /^\+/ && $length > $max_line_length) {
+                       my $msg_type = "LONG_LINE";
+
+                       # Check the allowed long line types first
+
+                       # logging functions that end in a string that starts
+                       # before $max_line_length
+                       if ($line =~ /^\+\s*$logFunctions\s*\(\s*(?:(?:KERN_\S+\s*|[^"]*))?($String\s*(?:|,|\)\s*;)\s*)$/ &&
+                           length(expand_tabs(substr($line, 1, length($line) - length($1) - 1))) <= $max_line_length) {
+                               $msg_type = "";
+
+                       # lines with only strings (w/ possible termination)
+                       # #defines with only strings
+                       } elsif ($line =~ /^\+\s*$String\s*(?:\s*|,|\)\s*;)\s*$/ ||
+                                $line =~ /^\+\s*#\s*define\s+\w+\s+$String$/) {
+                               $msg_type = "";
+
+                       # Otherwise set the alternate message types
+
+                       # a comment starts before $max_line_length
+                       } elsif ($line =~ /($;[\s$;]*)$/ &&
+                                length(expand_tabs(substr($line, 1, length($line) - length($1) - 1))) <= $max_line_length) {
+                               $msg_type = "LONG_LINE_COMMENT"
+
+                       # a quoted string starts before $max_line_length
+                       } elsif ($sline =~ /\s*($String(?:\s*(?:\\|,\s*|\)\s*;\s*))?)$/ &&
+                                length(expand_tabs(substr($line, 1, length($line) - length($1) - 1))) <= $max_line_length) {
+                               $msg_type = "LONG_LINE_STRING"
+                       }
+
+                       if ($msg_type ne "" &&
+                           (show_type("LONG_LINE") || show_type($msg_type))) {
+                               WARN($msg_type,
+                                    "line over $max_line_length characters\n" . $herecurr);
+                       }
                }
 
 # check for adding lines without a newline.
@@ -2624,6 +2779,8 @@ sub process {
                        }
                }
 
+# Block comment styles
+# Networking with an initial /*
                if ($realfile =~ m@^(drivers/net/|net/)@ &&
                    $prevrawline =~ /^\+[ \t]*\/\*[ \t]*$/ &&
                    $rawline =~ /^\+[ \t]*\*/ &&
@@ -2632,22 +2789,23 @@ sub process {
                             "networking block comments don't use an empty /* line, use /* Comment...\n" . $hereprev);
                }
 
-               if ($realfile =~ m@^(drivers/net/|net/)@ &&
-                   $prevrawline =~ /^\+[ \t]*\/\*/ &&          #starting /*
+# Block comments use * on subsequent lines
+               if ($prevline =~ /$;[ \t]*$/ &&                 #ends in comment
+                   $prevrawline =~ /^\+.*?\/\*/ &&             #starting /*
                    $prevrawline !~ /\*\/[ \t]*$/ &&            #no trailing */
                    $rawline =~ /^\+/ &&                        #line is new
                    $rawline !~ /^\+[ \t]*\*/) {                #no leading *
-                       WARN("NETWORKING_BLOCK_COMMENT_STYLE",
-                            "networking block comments start with * on subsequent lines\n" . $hereprev);
+                       WARN("BLOCK_COMMENT_STYLE",
+                            "Block comments use * on subsequent lines\n" . $hereprev);
                }
 
-               if ($realfile =~ m@^(drivers/net/|net/)@ &&
-                   $rawline !~ m@^\+[ \t]*\*/[ \t]*$@ &&       #trailing */
+# Block comments use */ on trailing lines
+               if ($rawline !~ m@^\+[ \t]*\*/[ \t]*$@ &&       #trailing */
                    $rawline !~ m@^\+.*/\*.*\*/[ \t]*$@ &&      #inline /*...*/
                    $rawline !~ m@^\+.*\*{2,}/[ \t]*$@ &&       #trailing **/
                    $rawline =~ m@^\+[ \t]*.+\*\/[ \t]*$@) {    #non blank */
-                       WARN("NETWORKING_BLOCK_COMMENT_STYLE",
-                            "networking block comments put the trailing */ on a separate line\n" . $herecurr);
+                       WARN("BLOCK_COMMENT_STYLE",
+                            "Block comments use a trailing */ on a separate line\n" . $herecurr);
                }
 
 # check for missing blank lines after struct/union declarations
@@ -2953,15 +3111,22 @@ sub process {
 
                        substr($s, 0, length($c), '');
 
-                       # Make sure we remove the line prefixes as we have
-                       # none on the first line, and are going to readd them
-                       # where necessary.
-                       $s =~ s/\n./\n/gs;
+                       # remove inline comments
+                       $s =~ s/$;/ /g;
+                       $c =~ s/$;/ /g;
 
                        # Find out how long the conditional actually is.
                        my @newlines = ($c =~ /\n/gs);
                        my $cond_lines = 1 + $#newlines;
 
+                       # Make sure we remove the line prefixes as we have
+                       # none on the first line, and are going to readd them
+                       # where necessary.
+                       $s =~ s/\n./\n/gs;
+                       while ($s =~ /\n\s+\\\n/) {
+                               $cond_lines += $s =~ s/\n\s+\\\n/\n/g;
+                       }
+
                        # We want to check the first line inside the block
                        # starting at the end of the conditional, so remove:
                        #  1) any blank line termination
@@ -3027,8 +3192,10 @@ sub process {
 
                        #print "line<$line> prevline<$prevline> indent<$indent> sindent<$sindent> check<$check> continuation<$continuation> s<$s> cond_lines<$cond_lines> stat_real<$stat_real> stat<$stat>\n";
 
-                       if ($check && (($sindent % 8) != 0 ||
-                           ($sindent <= $indent && $s ne ''))) {
+                       if ($check && $s ne '' &&
+                           (($sindent % 8) != 0 ||
+                            ($sindent < $indent) ||
+                            ($sindent > $indent + 8))) {
                                WARN("SUSPECT_CODE_INDENT",
                                     "suspect code indent for conditional statements ($indent, $sindent)\n" . $herecurr . "$stat_real\n");
                        }
@@ -3169,21 +3336,20 @@ sub process {
                }
 
 # check for global initialisers.
-               if ($line =~ /^\+$Type\s*$Ident(?:\s+$Modifier)*\s*=\s*(?:0|NULL|false)\s*;/) {
+               if ($line =~ /^\+$Type\s*$Ident(?:\s+$Modifier)*\s*=\s*($zero_initializer)\s*;/) {
                        if (ERROR("GLOBAL_INITIALISERS",
-                                 "do not initialise globals to 0 or NULL\n" .
-                                     $herecurr) &&
+                                 "do not initialise globals to $1\n" . $herecurr) &&
                            $fix) {
-                               $fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/(^.$Type\s*$Ident(?:\s+$Modifier)*)\s*=\s*(0|NULL|false)\s*;/$1;/;
+                               $fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/(^.$Type\s*$Ident(?:\s+$Modifier)*)\s*=\s*$zero_initializer\s*;/$1;/;
                        }
                }
 # check for static initialisers.
-               if ($line =~ /^\+.*\bstatic\s.*=\s*(0|NULL|false)\s*;/) {
+               if ($line =~ /^\+.*\bstatic\s.*=\s*($zero_initializer)\s*;/) {
                        if (ERROR("INITIALISED_STATIC",
-                                 "do not initialise statics to 0 or NULL\n" .
+                                 "do not initialise statics to $1\n" .
                                      $herecurr) &&
                            $fix) {
-                               $fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/(\bstatic\s.*?)\s*=\s*(0|NULL|false)\s*;/$1;/;
+                               $fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/(\bstatic\s.*?)\s*=\s*$zero_initializer\s*;/$1;/;
                        }
                }
 
@@ -3264,7 +3430,6 @@ sub process {
                    $line !~ /\btypedef\s+$Type\s*\(\s*\*?$Ident\s*\)\s*\(/ &&
                    $line !~ /\btypedef\s+$Type\s+$Ident\s*\(/ &&
                    $line !~ /\b$typeTypedefs\b/ &&
-                   $line !~ /\b$typeOtherOSTypedefs\b/ &&
                    $line !~ /\b__bitwise(?:__|)\b/) {
                        WARN("NEW_TYPEDEFS",
                             "do not add new typedefs\n" . $herecurr);
@@ -3326,13 +3491,15 @@ sub process {
                        }
                }
 
-# # no BUG() or BUG_ON()
-#              if ($line =~ /\b(BUG|BUG_ON)\b/) {
-#                      print "Try to use WARN_ON & Recovery code rather than BUG() or BUG_ON()\n";
-#                      print "$herecurr";
-#                      $clean = 0;
-#              }
+# avoid BUG() or BUG_ON()
+               if ($line =~ /\b(?:BUG|BUG_ON)\b/) {
+                       my $msg_type = \&WARN;
+                       $msg_type = \&CHK if ($file);
+                       &{$msg_type}("AVOID_BUG",
+                                    "Avoid crashing the kernel - try using WARN_ON & recovery code rather than BUG() or BUG_ON()\n" . $herecurr);
+               }
 
+# avoid LINUX_VERSION_CODE
                if ($line =~ /\bLINUX_VERSION_CODE\b/) {
                        WARN("LINUX_VERSION_CODE",
                             "LINUX_VERSION_CODE should be avoided, code should be for the version to which it is merged\n" . $herecurr);
@@ -3407,7 +3574,7 @@ sub process {
 # function brace can't be on same line, except for #defines of do while,
 # or if closed on same line
                if (($line=~/$Type\s*$Ident\(.*\).*\s*{/) and
-                   !($line=~/\#\s*define.*do\s{/) and !($line=~/}/)) {
+                   !($line=~/\#\s*define.*do\s\{/) and !($line=~/}/)) {
                        if (ERROR("OPEN_BRACE",
                                  "open brace '{' following function declarations go on the next line\n" . $herecurr) &&
                            $fix) {
@@ -3919,8 +4086,8 @@ sub process {
 ##             }
 
 #need space before brace following if, while, etc
-               if (($line =~ /\(.*\){/ && $line !~ /\($Type\){/) ||
-                   $line =~ /do{/) {
+               if (($line =~ /\(.*\)\{/ && $line !~ /\($Type\){/) ||
+                   $line =~ /do\{/) {
                        if (ERROR("SPACING",
                                  "space required before the open brace '{'\n" . $herecurr) &&
                            $fix) {
@@ -4066,6 +4233,35 @@ sub process {
                        }
                }
 
+# comparisons with a constant or upper case identifier on the left
+#      avoid cases like "foo + BAR < baz"
+#      only fix matches surrounded by parentheses to avoid incorrect
+#      conversions like "FOO < baz() + 5" being "misfixed" to "baz() > FOO + 5"
+               if ($^V && $^V ge 5.10.0 &&
+                   $line =~ /^\+(.*)\b($Constant|[A-Z_][A-Z0-9_]*)\s*($Compare)\s*($LvalOrFunc)/) {
+                       my $lead = $1;
+                       my $const = $2;
+                       my $comp = $3;
+                       my $to = $4;
+                       my $newcomp = $comp;
+                       if ($lead !~ /$Operators\s*$/ &&
+                           $to !~ /^(?:Constant|[A-Z_][A-Z0-9_]*)$/ &&
+                           WARN("CONSTANT_COMPARISON",
+                                "Comparisons should place the constant on the right side of the test\n" . $herecurr) &&
+                           $fix) {
+                               if ($comp eq "<") {
+                                       $newcomp = ">";
+                               } elsif ($comp eq "<=") {
+                                       $newcomp = ">=";
+                               } elsif ($comp eq ">") {
+                                       $newcomp = "<";
+                               } elsif ($comp eq ">=") {
+                                       $newcomp = "<=";
+                               }
+                               $fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/\(\s*\Q$const\E\s*$Compare\s*\Q$to\E\s*\)/($to $newcomp $const)/;
+                       }
+               }
+
 # Return of what appears to be an errno should normally be negative
                if ($sline =~ /\breturn(?:\s*\(+\s*|\s+)(E[A-Z]+)(?:\s*\)+\s*|\s*)[;:,]/) {
                        my $name = $1;
@@ -4337,8 +4533,8 @@ sub process {
                        }
 
                        # Flatten any obvious string concatentation.
-                       while ($dstat =~ s/("X*")\s*$Ident/$1/ ||
-                              $dstat =~ s/$Ident\s*("X*")/$1/)
+                       while ($dstat =~ s/($String)\s*$Ident/$1/ ||
+                              $dstat =~ s/$Ident\s*($String)/$1/)
                        {
                        }
 
@@ -4367,7 +4563,7 @@ sub process {
                            $dstat !~ /^for\s*$Constant$/ &&                            # for (...)
                            $dstat !~ /^for\s*$Constant\s+(?:$Ident|-?$Constant)$/ &&   # for (...) bar()
                            $dstat !~ /^do\s*{/ &&                                      # do {...
-                           $dstat !~ /^\({/ &&                                         # ({...
+                           $dstat !~ /^\(\{/ &&                                                # ({...
                            $ctx !~ /^.\s*#\s*define\s+TRACE_(?:SYSTEM|INCLUDE_FILE|INCLUDE_PATH)\b/)
                        {
                                $ctx =~ s/\n*$//;
@@ -4619,7 +4815,7 @@ sub process {
 # to grep for the string.  Make exceptions when the previous string ends in a
 # newline (multiple lines in one string constant) or '\t', '\r', ';', or '{'
 # (common in inline assembly) or is a octal \123 or hexadecimal \xaf value
-               if ($line =~ /^\+\s*"[X\t]*"/ &&
+               if ($line =~ /^\+\s*$String/ &&
                    $prevline =~ /"\s*$/ &&
                    $prevrawline !~ /(?:\\(?:[ntr]|[0-7]{1,3}|x[0-9a-fA-F]{1,2})|;\s*|\{\s*)"\s*$/) {
                        if (WARN("SPLIT_STRING",
@@ -4665,27 +4861,31 @@ sub process {
                }
 
 # concatenated string without spaces between elements
-               if ($line =~ /"X+"[A-Z_]+/ || $line =~ /[A-Z_]+"X+"/) {
+               if ($line =~ /$String[A-Z_]/ || $line =~ /[A-Za-z0-9_]$String/) {
                        CHK("CONCATENATED_STRING",
                            "Concatenated strings should use spaces between elements\n" . $herecurr);
                }
 
 # uncoalesced string fragments
-               if ($line =~ /"X*"\s*"/) {
+               if ($line =~ /$String\s*"/) {
                        WARN("STRING_FRAGMENTS",
                             "Consecutive strings are generally better as a single string\n" . $herecurr);
                }
 
-# check for %L{u,d,i} in strings
+# check for %L{u,d,i} and 0x%[udi] in strings
                my $string;
                while ($line =~ /(?:^|")([X\t]*)(?:"|$)/g) {
                        $string = substr($rawline, $-[1], $+[1] - $-[1]);
                        $string =~ s/%%/__/g;
-                       if ($string =~ /(?<!%)%L[udi]/) {
+                       if ($string =~ /(?<!%)%[\*\d\.\$]*L[udi]/) {
                                WARN("PRINTF_L",
                                     "\%Ld/%Lu are not-standard C, use %lld/%llu\n" . $herecurr);
                                last;
                        }
+                       if ($string =~ /0x%[\*\d\.\$\Llzth]*[udi]/) {
+                               ERROR("PRINTF_0xDECIMAL",
+                                     "Prefixing 0x with decimal output is defective\n" . $herecurr);
+                       }
                }
 
 # check for line continuations in quoted strings with odd counts of "
@@ -4703,10 +4903,34 @@ sub process {
 
 # check for needless "if (<foo>) fn(<foo>)" uses
                if ($prevline =~ /\bif\s*\(\s*($Lval)\s*\)/) {
-                       my $expr = '\s*\(\s*' . quotemeta($1) . '\s*\)\s*;';
-                       if ($line =~ /\b(kfree|usb_free_urb|debugfs_remove(?:_recursive)?)$expr/) {
-                               WARN('NEEDLESS_IF',
-                                    "$1(NULL) is safe and this check is probably not required\n" . $hereprev);
+                       my $tested = quotemeta($1);
+                       my $expr = '\s*\(\s*' . $tested . '\s*\)\s*;';
+                       if ($line =~ /\b(kfree|usb_free_urb|debugfs_remove(?:_recursive)?|(?:kmem_cache|mempool|dma_pool)_destroy)$expr/) {
+                               my $func = $1;
+                               if (WARN('NEEDLESS_IF',
+                                        "$func(NULL) is safe and this check is probably not required\n" . $hereprev) &&
+                                   $fix) {
+                                       my $do_fix = 1;
+                                       my $leading_tabs = "";
+                                       my $new_leading_tabs = "";
+                                       if ($lines[$linenr - 2] =~ /^\+(\t*)if\s*\(\s*$tested\s*\)\s*$/) {
+                                               $leading_tabs = $1;
+                                       } else {
+                                               $do_fix = 0;
+                                       }
+                                       if ($lines[$linenr - 1] =~ /^\+(\t+)$func\s*\(\s*$tested\s*\)\s*;\s*$/) {
+                                               $new_leading_tabs = $1;
+                                               if (length($leading_tabs) + 1 ne length($new_leading_tabs)) {
+                                                       $do_fix = 0;
+                                               }
+                                       } else {
+                                               $do_fix = 0;
+                                       }
+                                       if ($do_fix) {
+                                               fix_delete_line($fixlinenr - 1, $prevrawline);
+                                               $fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/^\+$new_leading_tabs/\+$leading_tabs/;
+                                       }
+                               }
                        }
                }
 
@@ -4898,6 +5122,32 @@ sub process {
                                     "memory barrier without comment\n" . $herecurr);
                        }
                }
+
+# check for waitqueue_active without a comment.
+               if ($line =~ /\bwaitqueue_active\s*\(/) {
+                       if (!ctx_has_comment($first_line, $linenr)) {
+                               WARN("WAITQUEUE_ACTIVE",
+                                    "waitqueue_active without comment\n" . $herecurr);
+                       }
+               }
+
+# Check for expedited grace periods that interrupt non-idle non-nohz
+# online CPUs.  These expedited can therefore degrade real-time response
+# if used carelessly, and should be avoided where not absolutely
+# needed.  It is always OK to use synchronize_rcu_expedited() and
+# synchronize_sched_expedited() at boot time (before real-time applications
+# start) and in error situations where real-time response is compromised in
+# any case.  Note that synchronize_srcu_expedited() does -not- interrupt
+# other CPUs, so don't warn on uses of synchronize_srcu_expedited().
+# Of course, nothing comes for free, and srcu_read_lock() and
+# srcu_read_unlock() do contain full memory barriers in payment for
+# synchronize_srcu_expedited() non-interruption properties.
+               if ($line =~ /\b(synchronize_rcu_expedited|synchronize_sched_expedited)\(/) {
+                       WARN("EXPEDITED_RCU_GRACE_PERIOD",
+                            "expedited RCU grace periods should be avoided where they can degrade real-time response\n" . $herecurr);
+
+               }
+
 # check of hardware specific defines
                if ($line =~ m@^.\s*\#\s*if.*\b(__i386__|__powerpc64__|__sun__|__s390x__)\b@ && $realfile !~ m@include/asm-@) {
                        CHK("ARCH_DEFINES",
@@ -4973,6 +5223,24 @@ sub process {
                              "Using weak declarations can have unintended link defects\n" . $herecurr);
                }
 
+# check for c99 types like uint8_t used outside of uapi/
+               if ($realfile !~ m@\binclude/uapi/@ &&
+                   $line =~ /\b($Declare)\s*$Ident\s*[=;,\[]/) {
+                       my $type = $1;
+                       if ($type =~ /\b($typeC99Typedefs)\b/) {
+                               $type = $1;
+                               my $kernel_type = 'u';
+                               $kernel_type = 's' if ($type =~ /^_*[si]/);
+                               $type =~ /(\d+)/;
+                               $kernel_type .= $1;
+                               if (CHK("PREFER_KERNEL_TYPES",
+                                       "Prefer kernel type '$kernel_type' over '$type'\n" . $herecurr) &&
+                                   $fix) {
+                                       $fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/\b$type\b/$kernel_type/;
+                               }
+                       }
+               }
+
 # check for sizeof(&)
                if ($line =~ /\bsizeof\s*\(\s*\&/) {
                        WARN("SIZEOF_ADDRESS",
@@ -5010,7 +5278,7 @@ sub process {
 # Check for misused memsets
                if ($^V && $^V ge 5.10.0 &&
                    defined $stat &&
-                   $stat =~ /^\+(?:.*?)\bmemset\s*\(\s*$FuncArg\s*,\s*$FuncArg\s*\,\s*$FuncArg\s*\)/s) {
+                   $stat =~ /^\+(?:.*?)\bmemset\s*\(\s*$FuncArg\s*,\s*$FuncArg\s*\,\s*$FuncArg\s*\)/) {
 
                        my $ms_addr = $2;
                        my $ms_val = $7;
@@ -5027,14 +5295,46 @@ sub process {
 
 # Check for memcpy(foo, bar, ETH_ALEN) that could be ether_addr_copy(foo, bar)
                if ($^V && $^V ge 5.10.0 &&
-                   $line =~ /^\+(?:.*?)\bmemcpy\s*\(\s*$FuncArg\s*,\s*$FuncArg\s*\,\s*ETH_ALEN\s*\)/s) {
+                   defined $stat &&
+                   $stat =~ /^\+(?:.*?)\bmemcpy\s*\(\s*$FuncArg\s*,\s*$FuncArg\s*\,\s*ETH_ALEN\s*\)/) {
                        if (WARN("PREFER_ETHER_ADDR_COPY",
-                                "Prefer ether_addr_copy() over memcpy() if the Ethernet addresses are __aligned(2)\n" . $herecurr) &&
+                                "Prefer ether_addr_copy() over memcpy() if the Ethernet addresses are __aligned(2)\n" . "$here\n$stat\n") &&
                            $fix) {
                                $fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/\bmemcpy\s*\(\s*$FuncArg\s*,\s*$FuncArg\s*\,\s*ETH_ALEN\s*\)/ether_addr_copy($2, $7)/;
                        }
                }
 
+# Check for memcmp(foo, bar, ETH_ALEN) that could be ether_addr_equal*(foo, bar)
+               if ($^V && $^V ge 5.10.0 &&
+                   defined $stat &&
+                   $stat =~ /^\+(?:.*?)\bmemcmp\s*\(\s*$FuncArg\s*,\s*$FuncArg\s*\,\s*ETH_ALEN\s*\)/) {
+                       WARN("PREFER_ETHER_ADDR_EQUAL",
+                            "Prefer ether_addr_equal() or ether_addr_equal_unaligned() over memcmp()\n" . "$here\n$stat\n")
+               }
+
+# check for memset(foo, 0x0, ETH_ALEN) that could be eth_zero_addr
+# check for memset(foo, 0xFF, ETH_ALEN) that could be eth_broadcast_addr
+               if ($^V && $^V ge 5.10.0 &&
+                   defined $stat &&
+                   $stat =~ /^\+(?:.*?)\bmemset\s*\(\s*$FuncArg\s*,\s*$FuncArg\s*\,\s*ETH_ALEN\s*\)/) {
+
+                       my $ms_val = $7;
+
+                       if ($ms_val =~ /^(?:0x|)0+$/i) {
+                               if (WARN("PREFER_ETH_ZERO_ADDR",
+                                        "Prefer eth_zero_addr over memset()\n" . "$here\n$stat\n") &&
+                                   $fix) {
+                                       $fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/\bmemset\s*\(\s*$FuncArg\s*,\s*$FuncArg\s*,\s*ETH_ALEN\s*\)/eth_zero_addr($2)/;
+                               }
+                       } elsif ($ms_val =~ /^(?:0xff|255)$/i) {
+                               if (WARN("PREFER_ETH_BROADCAST_ADDR",
+                                        "Prefer eth_broadcast_addr() over memset()\n" . "$here\n$stat\n") &&
+                                   $fix) {
+                                       $fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/\bmemset\s*\(\s*$FuncArg\s*,\s*$FuncArg\s*,\s*ETH_ALEN\s*\)/eth_broadcast_addr($2)/;
+                               }
+                       }
+               }
+
 # typecasts on min/max could be min_t/max_t
                if ($^V && $^V ge 5.10.0 &&
                    defined $stat &&
@@ -5472,6 +5772,24 @@ sub process {
                                }
                        }
                }
+
+# validate content of MODULE_LICENSE against list from include/linux/module.h
+               if ($line =~ /\bMODULE_LICENSE\s*\(\s*($String)\s*\)/) {
+                       my $extracted_string = get_quoted_string($line, $rawline);
+                       my $valid_licenses = qr{
+                                               GPL|
+                                               GPL\ v2|
+                                               GPL\ and\ additional\ rights|
+                                               Dual\ BSD/GPL|
+                                               Dual\ MIT/GPL|
+                                               Dual\ MPL/GPL|
+                                               Proprietary
+                                       }x;
+                       if ($extracted_string !~ /^"(?:$valid_licenses)"$/x) {
+                               WARN("MODULE_LICENSE",
+                                    "unknown module license " . $extracted_string . "\n" . $herecurr);
+                       }
+               }
        }
 
        # If we have no input at all, then there is nothing to report on
@@ -5492,11 +5810,11 @@ sub process {
                exit(0);
        }
 
-       if (!$is_patch) {
+       if (!$is_patch && $file !~ /cover-letter\.patch$/) {
                ERROR("NOT_UNIFIED_DIFF",
                      "Does not appear to be a unified-diff format patch\n");
        }
-       if ($is_patch && $chk_signoff && $signoff == 0) {
+       if ($is_patch && $filename ne '-' && $chk_signoff && $signoff == 0) {
                ERROR("MISSING_SIGN_OFF",
                      "Missing Signed-off-by: line(s)\n");
        }
@@ -5507,28 +5825,21 @@ sub process {
                print "total: $cnt_error errors, $cnt_warn warnings, " .
                        (($check)? "$cnt_chk checks, " : "") .
                        "$cnt_lines lines checked\n";
-               print "\n" if ($quiet == 0);
        }
 
        if ($quiet == 0) {
-
-               if ($^V lt 5.10.0) {
-                       print("NOTE: perl $^V is not modern enough to detect all possible issues.\n");
-                       print("An upgrade to at least perl v5.10.0 is suggested.\n\n");
-               }
-
                # If there were whitespace errors which cleanpatch can fix
                # then suggest that.
                if ($rpt_cleaners) {
-                       print "NOTE: whitespace errors detected, you may wish to use scripts/cleanpatch or\n";
-                       print "      scripts/cleanfile\n\n";
                        $rpt_cleaners = 0;
+                       print << "EOM"
+
+NOTE: Whitespace errors detected.
+      You may wish to use scripts/cleanpatch or scripts/cleanfile
+EOM
                }
        }
 
-       hash_show_words(\%use_type, "Used");
-       hash_show_words(\%ignore_type, "Ignored");
-
        if ($clean == 0 && $fix &&
            ("@rawlines" ne "@fixed" ||
             $#fixed_inserted >= 0 || $#fixed_deleted >= 0)) {
@@ -5556,6 +5867,7 @@ sub process {
 
                if (!$quiet) {
                        print << "EOM";
+
 Wrote EXPERIMENTAL --fix correction(s) to '$newfile'
 
 Do _NOT_ trust the results written to this file.
@@ -5563,22 +5875,17 @@ Do _NOT_ submit these changes without inspecting them for correctness.
 
 This EXPERIMENTAL file is simply a convenience to help rewrite patches.
 No warranties, expressed or implied...
-
 EOM
                }
        }
 
-       if ($clean == 1 && $quiet == 0) {
-               print "$vname has no obvious style problems and is ready for submission.\n"
-       }
-       if ($clean == 0 && $quiet == 0) {
-               print << "EOM";
-$vname has style problems, please review.
-
-If any of these errors are false positives, please report
-them to the maintainer, see CHECKPATCH in MAINTAINERS.
-EOM
+       if ($quiet == 0) {
+               print "\n";
+               if ($clean == 1) {
+                       print "$vname has no obvious style problems and is ready for submission.\n";
+               } else {
+                       print "$vname has style problems, please review.\n";
+               }
        }
-
        return $clean;
 }